February 04, 2013

the ingredients for joy.

back in october, you might recall, i made some twenty-thirteen resolutions.

and then the craziest thing happened. these goals started falling from the sky and into my wide open arms. just like that.

one goal was to finally get myself properly feng shui certified. within a mere week of that declaration, i was graciously extended an offer to complete a feng shui course. one of my favorite feng shui experts was transitioning her material into an online course, and she needed some willing students to participate in the beta course. never mind looking, i completely leaped!

about the same time, i decided to take this blog a new direction. and wouldn't you know, suddenly i am in the lovely company of a graphic designer who was realigning her work with a web designer. and would i be interested in having a blog makeover? again, no pause here.

a few other pretty fancy goals have shown up, and well, it explains why i've been more distracted. trying to pull myself together so i can do the work.

and that's what i'm here to tell you about today. when we chase our own dreams. . .those ideas that both delight and scare us, the ones tickling and taunting us with what if? in our heads, the visions that make us tingle toe to head. . .we gather the ingredients for real joy.

i constantly revisit the question of HOW. . .as if there might be a recipe for joy.

i suppose my answer today would be. . .

trust yourself way more.

choose faith over fear. you can't do both.

surrender that need to control the details of how the goal is suppose to look when it arrives.

tell better stories to yourself as words have HUGE energy to make themselves come true.

and align with those impulses of intuition because i am here to tell you, that is spirit speaking to yours.

i finished the class portion of my shui course last week, and i am onto my final project.

{sigh}

later this month, i begin the overhaul of this blog space. but in the meantime, i will be here. and i hope to see you around, too.